newell



Jan. 15 1924.

L. B. NEWELL.

METHOD OF OHNAMENTING GLASS ARTICLES Filed D60. 16

ammo H01 Patented Jan. 15, 1924.

UNITED STATES LOUIS B. NEWELL, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

METHOD OF ORNAMEN'I'ING GLASS ARTICLES.

Application filed December 16, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it, known that I, LOUIS B. NEWELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, Maryland. have invented a new and useful Method of Ornamentiug (Jrlass Articles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a method of ornamenting glass articles such as bottles and other containers, one of the objects of the invention being to provide a bottle having a translucent surface on which is produced a transparent design, the formation of the contrasting translucent and 5 trarisparent surfaces being produced in an inexpensive and rapid manner with the result that the transparent design stands out prominently whether viewed direct or through the back of the bottle.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel steps in the method hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed,

changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings one form of bottle produced by the method constituting the invention has been shown.

In said drawings- Figure 1 is a, view of a bottle showing the design after the first step of the method has been completed.

Figure 2 is a view showing the bottle after the completion of the ornamentation thereof.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a bottle or other glass container adapted to be blown within a mold whereby a raised design will be Serial No. 522,918.

produced on the outer surface of one or more walls of the bottle, this design being indicated at 2. The surfaces of the bottle on which the design is molded are then frosted by means of a sand blast or the like after which the bottle or other container will have the frosted or translucent appearance illustrated in Figure 1. On the completion of this frosting operation the ornamental surface is placed in contact with a bufiing element which will contact solely with the raised portions of the surface with the result that these raised portions will be polished and will stand out with increased prominence upon the frosted surface and will be transparent. Consequently when the bottle is filled with a colored liquid these transparent lines of the design will stand out with even greater prominence than when the bottle is empty but under all conditions the design Wlll have the appearance of being etched on the bottle and a container having a high grade appearance can thus be produced in a very inexpensive manner.

hat is claimed is The herein described method of ornamenting glass articles which consists in forming on a surface of the article projecting portions forming a design, subsequently frosting both the raised and sunken portions of said surface at one operation, and finally buffing the projecting portions of the sur- 7 face to render the design transparent and leave a frosted background.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS B. NEVVELL.

Witnesses:

VVALTEB R. LEAOH, JAS. G. B. MOORE. 

